"Greetings" from Brodsky and Treadway, who make 8mm film-to-tape masters. Here is basic information about our film-to-tape transfer services for 8mm, Super 8 and 16mm reversal film. You need to call Toni Treadway at 978-948-7985, 9-6 EST to get an estimate, schedule your work or to ship films to us. Please visit our sister site LittleFilm.org for information about 8mm and Super 8 filmmaking today as well as tips on restoration and preservation of old 8mm and Super 8 film, home movies or independent and artist's films.
WE JUST CELEBRATED 21 YEARS of TRANSFER SERVICES
and 25 years of working together !!!
WHO NEEDS OUR TRANSFER SERVICES?
If you have films which need first class handling,
if you have strong personal aesthetics and need a skilled technician,
if your films are shrunken or deteriorated,
if your want your films to look their best,
to be represented with proper motion (correct frame rate),
to be clean, their scratches gone or minimized,
to have scenes balanced for maximum detail,
or if you had work done before and think your films can look better,
then we can probably help you.
Who does NOT need our work?
If you want your films to look dirty, scratched, or degraded,
you probably do NOT need our services.
Historic or artistic frame rates
Inspection, Repairs, Hand Cleaning
THE MASTER
WE MAKE THE MASTER ON NORTH AMERICAN STANDARD (NTSC) BROADCAST TELEVISION FORMATS OF BETACAM-SP™ or DIGITAL BETACAM™.
This assures that you have a robust medium on the shelf besides your real treasure, the more durable original film. Your motion picture film, when stored properly---cool and dry--is expected to endure and be able to be retrieved centuries longer than current electronic media. Using the analog or digital Betacam master videotapes, other versions can be made like VHS for home viewing, window dubs for research, mini-DV, DV-Cam or DVD for computer editing. Our sister site will recommend how you annotate reels, gather additional information, store original film and access, edit or share the contents of these remarkable films.
ALL WORK IS PERSONAL AND PARTICULAR,
LIKE EACH ROLL OF 8MM FILM.
WORK BEGINS WITH VOICE CONTACT
FOR DEFINING, SCHEDULING AND ESTIMATING YOUR NEEDS,
PLEASE CALL Toni Treadway, tel: 978-948-7985 (9-6 EST)
FRAME RATES / FILM SPEED
ON ARCHIVAL FILM WE STRIVE TO REPRESENT ORIGINAL CAMERA FRAME RATES so that the motion is natural.
On artists’ films, WE REPRESENT DESIGNATED FRAME RATES, VARIABLE FROM 1 TO 24 FRAMES PER SECOND as instructed by artist or the director.
CAREFUL HANDLING
WE DO CAREFUL FILM HANDLING, INSPECTION, REPAIR, RECONDITIONING, and RESPLICING AS NEEDED.
WE CAN TRANSFER SHRUNKEN OR DETERIORATED ORIGINAL 8mm, SUPER 8 OR 16mm MATERIALS. THIS IS OUR SPECIALITY.
SOUND
WE TRANSFER SYNC SOUND from "all the usual suspects"
including
SINGLE SYSTEM SOUND-on-FILM
1 track or 2 track or stereo;
MAGNETIC 8mm, Super 8,
FULLCOAT 8mm, Super 8,
OPTICAL or MAGNETIC 16mm,
FULLCOAT 16mm interlocked,
and
SOUNDTRACKS FROM OTHER SOURCES
LIKE OPEN REEL AUDIO TAPE, AUDIO CASSETTE,
and we can do sync corrections in all formats.
CLEANING
We check and clean film by hand. We will advise you when we need to charge for repair or assembly. There is NO CHARGE FOR CLEANING
unless unusual circumstances present themselves, such as mildew. It is our prerogative to make our work as clean as possible.
FAST TURNAROUND
We work by appointment only. We often transfer and ship work on same day when scheduled in advance with you. We encourage you to plan your production carefully and book time with us 10 days in advance, or more if the job is large.
PAYMENT
We ask for a check as deposit on the work in advance based on our estimate. We are very old-fashioned so we do not accept credit cards. If you have overpaid, we will refund the balance immediately. Small balances due are often billed. We reserve the right to add a surcharge for work performed with less than 48 hours notice or for jobs requiring intensive extra documentation.
RIGHTS, RELEASES.
We transfer original materials usually coming to us in the hands of the original owners. If you are asking for service on a film not made or owned by you, we need you to clear all rights and releases prior to working with us as we infer that your contracting for work from us implies that you have the rights to copy the material.
LIABILITY
Your films have artistic, historic and sentimental value to you or even perhaps monetary value to your production. We treat your films with great care while they are in our hands, but we do not assume responsibility for loss or damage to your films while they are in our possession nor in transit. Common carriers have advised us they will not insure films for content but will only insure for replacement value of raw filmstock.
SUPERVISION
In some instances the films need to be hand carried in which case a supervised transfer session is recommended.
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SOME OF OUR CLIENTS
Brodsky & Treadway have done film transfers of 8mm materials for filmmakers and institutions as diverse as
ARTISTS
Jem Cohen, Saul Levine, Poli Marichal, Anne Charlotte Robertson,Michael Stipe, Sanjiban, Rea Tajiri, and many more, often as many as 300 artist works a year.
PRODUCER / DIRECTORS
Orlando Bagwell, Ken Burns, Natatcha Estebanez, Glenn Holsten, Spike Lee, Ricardo Mendez-Matta, David Sutherland, and more;
TELEVISION SERIES
PBS Frontline, The American Experience, Eyes on the Prize, Nova, Zoom, P.O.V. and ABC The Twentieth Century;
MUSEUMS and ARCHIVES
The Smithsonian Institution, The Guggenheim Museum, The Whitney Museum, George Eastman House, The Japanese American National Museum, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the J.F.K. Library and local historical commissions, state and private archives.
RATES
Our rates are not published here at this time. Work is by hand so can get expensive very quickly. We will write a link here soon to explain how we recommend you check the condition of and sort your film to save our time and your money. Please call Toni to estimate your work.
SPECIAL FILM HANDLING
Rates by the hour and then quarter hour increments for evaluation, condition reports, recommendations, reel assembly, repairs, re-splicing, removing mildew and reconditioning as required. Call.
WET GATE TRANSFER SCENE-BY-SCENE ONLY, REVERSAL FILM ONLY
Call Toni for a quotation.1 hour minimum, thereafter by the 1/4 hour.
TAPE
We provide new Fuji (only Fuji) videotape at cost.
We can make a single dub to miniDV, DVCAM or VHS (straight or window dub) but tape duplication houses in your area are recommended for making dubs.
SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS
We track all packages in and out, so you must call before shipping with carrier and tracking number. In 99% of our work we handle original materials which are irreplaceable.
Master videotape and film are shipped separately for safety This insures that an original film and master video are never in the same airplane, truck or location in transit.
Please telephone us to work out strategy for delivery so we know method and date of arrival. We highly recommend bar-coded services like FedEx, Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation, or UPS air service.
Please pack film in a cardboard box with adequate padding. Never ship film, audio or videotape in a fiber-filled bag; NEVER!
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